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Vol. XLVI, No.4 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D. C. Thursday, October 21. 1965 Univ. Advisory Board Father J. J. Bluett Dies From Smoke Inhalation; Attempts to Cut Gap Damage to Room Limited 'I by Jack Fansmith by John McNally :~ Tuesday evening, October 19, will mark the first meet The Rev. J. Joseph Bluett, • ing of The University President's Student Advisory Board. S.J., died early on the morn I This Board, which developed from a proposal set forth by ing of OCtober 14 as a result t the Student Council's Research and Advisory Board, is an l of smoke inhalation in a fire '. ,1 attempt to bridge the communication gap between univer in his room in the Jesuit resi sity officials and the student body. dence, the Mulledy Building. Fr. Bluett, who in the words of 2nd Financial Survey As a result, The University Battalion Chief F. A. Berry "didn't , President's Student Advisory appear to be burned," expired in ~. Reveals Checks Board will be broadly repre the Georgetown Hospital after re sentative, consisting of the peated attempts to revive him had Bouncing at Bank failed. The lack of extensive fire University President, Father damage to Father's room was off by Herb Viertl Campbell, and ten members set by the "unbelievably thick Over one hundred checks of the student body. smoke" which covered his room the third and fourth floors of have "bounced" since the be The ten stUdent members com Mulledy and later poured into third ginning of the Fall Semester. prising the Board will consist of Ryan. The cause was reported to This surprising fact was re the Council Presidents of the East be a smoldering cigarette. Campus, Healy Area and Nursing The fire was first discovered by -Frank Lamberta vealed in a recent HOYA in Schools, the Editors of The HOY A the Rev. Joseph Songster, S.J., who terview with Mrs. Gallagher and the Courier, and five ?ppointed awoke Rev. William Schweder who at the student bank. She went on to members. These five members will lived directly across the hall from explain that most of these checks be appointed by the Council Pres Fr. Bluett. Fr. Schweder and Bro Medical School Fire were for tuition and payment was idents with the purpose of provid ther Barth made repeated attempts made eventually. ing for a greater diversity of stu to enter the smoking room but each $50 Limit dent viewpoint. time were driven back by the ex When asked about the bank tremely thick smoke. Rev. Joseph Damages Laboratory Three Fold Purpose policy regarding the cashing of Durkin, S.J., joined the attempt to Early Saturday morning, a fire struck the Georgetown checks, Mrs. Gallagher outlined the find Fr. Bluett in his room while The Board will also consist of a Campus for the second time in three days, this time being rules with an explanation. The non-participating Secretary who is Fr. Schweder awoke the other bank does not cash checks exceed to be appointed by the Council Jesuits in the building. The fire located in the Bio-Chem Lab on the fourth floor of the ing the fifty dollar limit. Further Presidents. equipment arrived on campus at Medical and Dental School building. more, it will not cash checks drawn approximately 1 :25 a.m. and the on banks located in the Washing In an interview with The HOYA, firemen were able to enter the room Although the cause of the fire was not immediately ton area. Only the student's per Tom Brerton, the chairman of the only with the help of oxygen masks. determined, Battalion Chief Attaway of the District of Co- sonal check or that of his parents Student Council's Research and Ad will be honored. Mrs. Gallagher ex visory Board, stated that the Uni . lumbia Fire Department said plained that the bank aims to aid versity President's Student Advi Thievery Wave Hits he believed the probable cause those students who come from out sory Board would have a three-fold was some electrical equipment of town and consequently, experi purpose. The first, and most im which had either malfunc- ence difficulty trying to cash portant of its purposes would be Frosh Quadrangle; checks. to establish formal means of com o S d tioned or had been left on munciation between the university Syn d lcate uspecte accidentally. administration and the leaders of by Terry Fortune the student body. These formal Corporal Simon of the George channels would be kept simple and The freshmen dormitories town Campus Police reported he direct to aid in the discussion of in the Quadrangle were was making his rounds on Kehoe university-student problems. Field about 12 :40 wheen he heard wracked by a large number of a series of explosions and saw a The Board would also provide thefts in the first two weeks red glow on the fourth floor of for an increase in personal con the Medical and Dental building. tact among its members. of the school year. Since then By the time he was able to reach no thefts have occured, but a the building, however, the main To Handle Problems general air of apprehension and switchboard had already been When asked whether the Univer suspicion pervades the atmosphere notified and they in turn had called sity President's Student Advisory in the dorms. the Fire Department. Board would be able to handle Thefts Investigated Help ArriYes problems such as the decrease in T!lere were approximately twelve Both the Fire Department and the maid service and the loss of thefts totaling $150-200 which led the Metropolitan Police arrived the Macke room, Tom Brerton re FATHER BLUETT Fr. Devine to term the thefts as at Georgetown shortly afterward, plied that if a problem arose and They found Fr. Bluett on the floor "surprising" and "unusually high". with the Fire Department setting was settled during the summer, the Though each theft was investigated up its equipment in the parking Board would have no effect. How near the window and rushed him to by the prefects and the S.P.O., no lot near the building entrance ever, since most of the decisions the University Hospital but it was to no avail. arrests or detentions have resulted. while the Police controlled the flow concerning such' services are under of traffic along Reservoir Road. CHECK-BOUNCERS consideration during the school The first sign that there was fire Organization Father Devine praised the speed year, the Board would be effective in the building occured when Pat All the incidents fall into a gen Mrs. Gallagher explained fur Brosnan, prefect on 3rd Ryan, was and efficiency with which the Fire ther that some of these rules are in in the majority of cases. eral pattern, and the concensus of awakened by what he called an responsible officials is that they are Department answered the alarm effect solely for the purpose of self Although all discussions which "acrid odor." Brosnan then made the work of one person, or a num and got the fire under control. He protection against "rubbel'" checks. take place at Board meetings are several trips up and down the credited them with confining the One regulation, rather strictly en ber of people working together. off the record, the Board may come stairway between the Jesuit cloister These people are bold and fast, and fire to one corner of the lab and forced, is that students show their to an agreement with Father and the Ryan Building, but because extinguishing it before there was LD. cards whenever they make have apparently done this sort of Campbell concerning what may be of the heavy fire doors separating thing before. any extensive damage. use of the bank facilities. When announced. Thus, the University the cloister, was unable to find the One of the firemen told HOYA the bank is confronted with a check President's Student A d vis 0 r y source of the fire. When the doors Familiar With Dorms reporters that when he got to the returned for lack of sufficient Board will provide a formal ap were opened from within the cloi Dennis Whittlesey, prefect of scene, the fire was blazing and funds, the power to withhold paratus for the interchange of stu ster, the heavy smoke poured forth 3rd Old North, made a general re some chemicals apparently were grades and transcripts is often em dent and administration views on revealing the fire. Brosnan and Bill mark on the nature of the thefts. burning. ployed until payment is made. common problems. Corcoran, the other prefect, then Said Whittlesey, "The pattern in Damage was fairly heavy in the The rule which allows only one sounded the fire alarm and led their dicates to me that the person or corner of the lab where the fire withdrawal or deposit per day was charges [rom the building, an persons responsible know their originated, but was limited to that also discussed during the interview. THIS WEEK evacuation marked by "commend way around the dorms, and may be corner and part of an adjoining Mrs. Gallagher commented that the able conduct and smoothness." connected with the university in office. The fire had burned through bank staff was not large and that Page Meanwhile, the rescue attempts some capacity, either as students the door leading to the office, but they must balance their records by Lib'rul'Y Theft ____________ 3 were going on down the hallway, or employees." Whittlesey has a was put out before it had a chance means of "hand-posting." Conse Possible Student Union ____ 6 and the fire equipment was arriv personal interest in the matter, to spread much further.